Bud Kilpatrick
Evening Dress

DesignerAmerican, 1915–1993
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Evening Dress
Datec. 1957
PlaceUnited States
MediumSilk chiffon, silk charmeuse, synthetic lining, and leather
DimensionsDress (.A): 56 × 15 in. (142.2 × 38.1 cm)
Other (.B, Belt): 1 5/8 × 27 in. (4.1 × 68.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Sue Rowan Pittman, Matt Esfahani, and Mary Lee Merrett in honor of Beth Moore
Object number99.285.A,.B
Not on view

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ProvenanceAnna Weintraub; purchased by MFAH, 1999.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: There is a label on the interior of the dress at the back, slightly above the waist: "Bud Kilpatrick / California". There is a label on the dress, upper left, back: "Neiman-Marcus / Trophy Room".
Stamped on the underside of the belt in silver: "Bud Kilpatrick".

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